A Monthly Newsletter

2013 M Street, Belleville, KS

AUGUST 2013 issue, Page 1

Emily Meckley, Pastor Cell Number: 785-577-1752 Email: grehoundks@gmail.com Virginia Smith, Family and Youth Ministry Coordinator Office: Monday and Thursday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm email: vsmith.umc@gmail.com

Church Phone: 785-527-5608 email address: belleumc@nckcn.com web page: www.belleumc.org Church Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Closed Friday

Food Bank Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9:00 am to 11:30 am Closed Friday (The Food Bank will be closed August 5 - 8 while the director is on a Mission Trip.)

Sunday School 9:30 am Worship Service Sundays at 10:45 am (Special Worship Service, Commissioning & Sending Forth for VIM Team - August 4th at 9:30 am - Sunday School will follow at 10:15 am.)

earFriends, Iampreparingtoleaveonvacationinthenexthours. IhavechecklistsrunningthroughmyheaddoIhave enoughclothes,swimsuits,snacksforthecar,books toread,notesfordogsitter,instructionsforyardcare onandonthelistsgo.Thentherearethecallsfrom family,howmanynightsareyouspendingwithus, youwillstopbyourhouse,youcantreallybe leavingthatsoon.Itisachallengetorememberthat vacationisatimeforrestandrelaxation! Thisfrenzycausesmetopauseandthinkaboutleaving ourhomeandtravelingmanymilestorecharge.Most importantly,Irealizethattherearenomagicmilesthat makemerelax.AlthoughIenjoytimewithmyfamily, thattimeholdsnoguaranteeofrelaxation.Mylife, therestandrelaxation,thehardwork,thelaughsand thelovehappenallthetime,inallplacesand situations.Restandrelaxation,surprisingly,even happeninmeetingsatchurch,aroundasimpledinner table,duringrushedconversationsandcherished timeswithfamilyandlovedones.

Godistheauthorofmylife.ItisfromGodthatIlookto receivemyrestandrelaxation.ItisonlyinGodthatIcanfind truerest,truepeace,andtruelove. Thesummermonthsarepassingbyquickly.Itismywishand myprayerforyouandyourfamilythatyoufindtruerest,true peace,andtrueloveinGod. Peace,

Pastor Emily

Pastor Emily

Weare veryhappy toreceive this correspondence fromour Chabadza sister church in Zimbabwe: GraceandPeacetoyouinthe name of our LordandSavior Jesus Christ. AMEN. Im well pleased to write to you informing you about the joy we are experiencing in our partnership with you. We Pastor Emily Meckley really appreciateyour efforts Phil Meckley tostrengthenourrelationship Sean Meckley throughprayersandgifts.We Virginia Smith receivedletters,circuit Carolyn Rauch directory, bracelets for childrenandyouthas well as $600 dollars fromyouthoughwe Linda Young havenotgottenthe money incashsinceitisstill beingprocessed.Thatmoneydelayed toreachuseventotheconferencetreasurybutas fornowitisnowinthe handsofthe Crystal Young districttreasury.This giftwilltakeus a longwaysince weare havinglowincomes which Mikel Hadachek are inadequate to meet all our financial obligations. We hope and believe that our Erica Hadachek partnershipwill goa longway inproclaimingtheloveof Godinourarea. Keeponthe Gary Hadachek goodwork.FromRev.OpheousMavhiza

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Your kind support of our VIM Team leaving on August 4th for South Dakota would be very much appreciated. Please help provide food for them during their time on the Mission Trip. They are in need of: 9x13 casseroles (any kind) pre-baked and frozen (put in Food Bank freezer), any snatch & go breakfast items, snack bars and easy to tote fruit. Deliver your donations before August 4th to the church. Contact Molly Williams, VIM Food Coordinator, with any questions at 527-3398.

At this special 30 minute Worship Service, the VIM Team will be Commissioned and we will send them forth to serve at Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. After our Mission Team has departed, Sunday School will be held at

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Thanks are in order to the Sheets family & Dairy Queen for their donation of ice cream on the last day of VBS. I think all the VBS volunteers would agree that the children thoroughly enjoyed this special treat!

The church office needs your new college addresses! Remember all those words of wisdom everyone wrote down on Senior Sunday? Tell us where we can send them & expect some goodies, too! In the care packages, well also be sending out information on what spiritual resources (college ministries, UMCs, etc.) are available in your new home away from home. Best wishes from your church family as you prepare for this new chapter of your life! Virginia

Several small groups will bEGIN this fall. They will be based on studies and shared interest. Please JOIN!

WATCH FOR DETAILS!

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The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God and I will praise Him, my Fathers God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2

At Large Members are responsible for cleaning both kitchens and sharpening the Sanctuary pencils in August. Also, remember to visit our resident members in the Care Centers. Be sure to help any way you can in the Food Stand! Pray for those going to Rosebud on the Mission Trip August 4-10.

I want to invite any of you who like to read to help yourself to the many books I have ordered for our UMW reading program this year. They are on the top shelf of the book shelves in the Parlor. Just sign your name and the book you take on the writing pad I have in there. Take the book and enjoy it. You don't have to be in UMW and men are welcome to read them too. I think I've order about 18 now and they are all good. Those of you who have some of the first set of books, you may return them to this shelf also so others can read them. We have slips of paper in the front of each book so please write your name on it also. We can get credit for people in our church reading whether in UMW or not. There are many books on the other shelves from past years too. Help yourself to those also. I think we'll put them out for people in the church to buy them cheap and have them better used from now on. I have a whole clothes basket of older books under the coat rack in that room also. Please help yourself and enjoy. Janis Houdek, UMW District Reading Program Coordinator

NAOMI & RUTH No meeting

SUSANNAH Tuesday, August 6 6:00 pm Hostess & Lesson: Carol Nicholson

~BIG THANKS to Joan Grover for the awesome bulletin board designs she has been doing in the Foyer. We enjoy each and every one and the messages they convey to us. Way to go! ~I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the congregation for your condolences in the death of my uncle. I was especially blessed by the ministry of the We Care Card Team. It was very comforting to return to Concordia and find all the sympathy cards waiting for me. This was a good reminder to me of how important this quiet, but faithful, ministry is to those they serve, particularly in times of sadness. Virginia Smith

~Thank you to the Mission and VIM Teams, and all who brought snacks or helped make the Christ the King Lutheran Church VIM Team from Hutchinson, MN, feel welcome during their overnight stay at our church last Friday evening. With your help we were able to extend our Christian hospitality to this group of travelers. Janet Heyka, Mission Team Leader ~Thank you so much. We greatly appreciate everything you did for us. Your hospitality is EPIC and the snacks were GREAT. We received the BEST hospitality from your church than anywhere weve stayed. God bless! Pastor Steve and the King Lutheran Church VIM Team (They spent an overnight in our church while on their way to their destination doing mission work. Their thank you notes are on the announcement board in the office - check them out!) ~Dear Church Family, Thank you for your prayers, cards, e-mails, and caring thoughts and deeds at the time of my neurosurgery June 28 and during my recovery time. I have been blessed that the meningioma was benign and my recovery very smooth. We definitely felt the many prayers that were coming our way. Praise be to God! Jewelda Scofield

~Ladies of the Ruth Circle, Thank you so much for Sundays spaghetti dinner. Its so nice of you to support VBS Sunday with a meal. I know many of you supported in other ways, also. Blessings to each of you! Pastor Emily

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Sunday, August 25 9:30 am - Sunday School 9:45 am - Praise Team Practice 10:45 am - Worship 7:00 pm - YATT, Sanctuary Monday, August 26 10:30 am - Staff Meeting, Parlor Wednesday, August 28 7:00 pm - Stewardship, Overflow

Thursday, August 1 Food Stand at the Fair! Friday, August 2 Food Stand at the Fair! Saturday, August 3 Food Stand at the Fair! Sunday, August 4 9:30 am - Worship Service, VIM Commissioning and Send-Off 10:15 am - Sunday School August 4 thru 10 VIM Mission Trip to Rosebud Reservation, SD Monday, August 5 Food Bank Closed! Tuesday, August 6 Food Bank Closed! 10:00 am - BHC Bible Study 6:00 pm - Susannah Circle Wednesday, August 7 Food Bank Closed! 10:30 am - LTC Bible Study Thursday, August 8 Food Bank Closed! 9:30 am - Church Chat at CPSL Sunday, August 11 9:30 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service, Sacrament of Holy Communion Monday, August 12 9:30 am - Hospice Training, Overflow 10:30 am - Staff Meeting, Parlor 6:00 pm - Leadership Team, Overflow Sunday, August 18 9:30 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service 5:00 pm - China Show & Tea Party, Scandia UMC Monday, August 19 10:30 am - Staff Meeting, Parlor Wednesday, August 21 Newsletter Deadline!

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Jerry & Linda Melton, Vivian Thompson 8/3 - Linda Wendt 8/4 - Ross & Jill Wurdeman, Barbara Cook 8/7 - Karen Cheney 8/9 - Barry & Susan Childs, Sylvia Weaver, Gene Rundus, Alan Richecky 8/10 - Jolene Okara 8/11 - Pam & Sid Scofield, Mike & Lizz Skocny 8/16 - Laura Hobson 8/17 - Don & Katherine Wilber 8/18 - Clarence Kelley, Francis & Marsha Esslinger 8/20 - Harold & Carol Monsanto 8/21 - Zachary Piroutek, Lasondra Aurand 8/22 - Kristen Swiercinsky 8/23 - Don & Betty Anderson 8/24 - Mercedes VanNortwick, Bob Molzahn, Walter & Virginia Molzahn 8/25 - Lela Knedlik 8/26 - Kelli Childs, Gary Hadachek 8/27 - Tom Grover, Blake Aurand 8/28 - Roger & Charlene McCartney 8/30 - Stephanie Splichal, Donna Kennedy 8/31 - Kurt Engle, Isaac Sowards

The KIOSK is presenting new tasks as we continue to work with the different contractors to nish it up. The electrician is working with me to get to a point that the software will function with the display. There will be landscaping to do and other electrical issues to accomplish. Finally, how to use the software will have to be learned and then we will be ready to LIGHT IT UP! Sorry for the delays, but in talking with everyone that plays a part in the Kiosk, I would rather do it right once and have it all work correctly. The Display should be working by August 9th. Jay Kallman, Trustee Chair

Items needed now are: canned milk, rice, jelly and tomato soup. Also, don't forget that the food bank will be closed Aug. 5 thru Aug. 8 as I will be on a mission trip. God Bless everyone for all they do for the people of Republic County, Carolyn Rauch, director

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August 21st

CHINA SHOW and TEA PARTY

Sunday, Aug. 18 5:00 pm
Scandia UMC Teapot collection presented by Delores Thompson plus show-biz antics by the UMC women. Prepaid reservations: $12.00 Contact: Sharon Kirk at: 785-335-2885 or glenekirk@hotmail.com
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2013 M STREET BELLEVILLE, KS 66935

Please pray for our Mission Team as they go to serve at Rosebud Reservation August 4 thru 10.

Our Mission is to prayerfully: SEEK God GROW in faith LOVE and SERVE others For the transformation of lives!

PASTOR Emily Meckley PRAISE TEAM Pam Scofield, Director Sid Scofield John Surber Stacia Piroutek Waylon Sheetz Kevin Johnson Kelby Johnson Molly Williams Susan Childs Molly Hug Jillian Couture (flute) Sean Meckley (violin) ACCOMPANISTS 8/4 - Marge Waring 8/11 - Marge Waring 8/18 - Tana Trost 8/25 - Pam Scofield

GREETERS 8/4 - Janet Heyka, Lanie Engle 8/11 - Carolyn Rauch, Huetta Derowitsch 8/18 - Lela Knedlik, Jenny Zenger 8/25 - Kevin & Kerry Johnson Family AV TECHNICIANS Kurt Childs Mikel Hadachek Rich Schintler Annette Bredthauer Bob Arbuthnot MULTI-MEDIA Pam Scofield Kelli Childs Janet Heyka CAF DEL SOUL HOSTESSES 8/4 - Jewelda Scofield 8/11 - Sherry Skinner 8/18 - Stacia Piroutek 8/25 - Susie Arbuthnot

USHERS Kerry Johnson Carol Nicholson Jerry Richecky Steve Dunback

BUS DRIVER Brian Young

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